Brine-producer.



F. TYSON.

BRINE PRODUCER.

APPLICATION FILED-JUNE 16, 1906.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

F. TYSON.

' BRINE PRODUCER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1906.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

FRANK TYSON, OF CANTON, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Application filed June 16, 1906. Serial No. 322,011.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK TYso'N, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Canton, Ohio, have invented certain Improvements in Brine-Producers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of apparatus for the production of brine for. use in power ice- I p openings into or out of line with those of cream freezers and other refrigerating devices, and 1s intended especially for such establishments as are not equipped with ammonia machines, or other artificial ice-making or refrigerating devices, and are there fore compelled to rely upon a purchased supply of ice, the object of my invention be ing to provide an apparatus whereby a supply of brine can be produced and m'aintained at the desired low temperature with the expenditure of a minimum amount of ice and salt. This object I attain in the manner' hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents my improved brine producer in connection with a rotary ice cream freezer; Fig. 2 is an enlarged view, partly in longitudinal section and partly in elevation, of said brine producer, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line aa,

Fig. 2.

n Fig. l ofthe drawing 1 represents an apparatus or machine in which refrigeration is to be effected; it may, for instance, be a rotary, power-driven ice-cream freezer, such as that forming the subject of my applicationfor patent Serial No. 316,805, filed May 14:, 1906, in which machine a circulation of brine is necessary for freezing purposes.

The brine supply pipe for such machine is represented at 2, and the brine discharge pipe at 3, said supply pipe being fed by a pump 4:, whose suction pipe 5communicates with a brine tank 6, upon which the brine producer 7 is suitably mounted and into which said brine producer discharges, the discharge pipe 3 of the freezer communicating with the interior of the brine producer in the manner and for the purpose hereinafter described.

Thesaid brine producer consists of a hopper-like casing ,9 for containing the supply of ice, which is introduced through a suitably closed opening 10 at one side of the casing, the bottom of tlieice chamber consisting of a perforated plate 11 preferably constructed in the form of a slide in order that it may be readily withdrawn for re pairs or for being cleared if it becomes clogged. I

Above the ice chamber are a pair of perforated plates or screens, the upper one of which also constitutes part of a slide in order that it may be adjusted to carry its the lower screen and thus permit or prevent passage through the 'screensof a supply .of salt, which is contained in a receptacle 14: above the screens, whereby the necessary amount of salt can beadded to the ice whenever it becomes necessary to make such addition in order to maintain the brine at its proper strength, the amount :of salt thus added being readily regulated by the manipulation of the movable screen or plate of the pair.

Passing through the ice chamber, and preferably secured to the opposite ends of the casing 9, is a pipe 15 perforated in its lower portion and closed at one end by means of a detachable cap 16 in order that ready access may be had to the interior of the pipe at any time for cleansing or other purposes.

The opposite end of the pipe has a h0llow head 3.7 to which is connected the return pipe *3: from the freezer, and by reason of such connection the partly spent brine is returned to the ice chamber of the producer, is discharged in the form of jets or streams into the mixture of ice and salt in the lower portion of the ice chamber and is thereby recooled preparatory to fiowingthrough the perforated plate 11 and into the .tank'ti, from which, after passing through a screen 19, it is r turned by means of the pump 4 and pipe fq to the freezer for further use therein.

Because of the perforated bottom of the ice chamber, the brine readily escapes therefrom, hence the ice in the lower portion of the said chamber is not covered up with brine, but is always accessible to the streams of brine issuing from the perforations of the pipe 15, these perforations being so disposed that the jets of brine are delivered not only downwardly but also laterally, and are thus caused to cover practically the entire area of the ice chamber, and. by reason of the extended area of the ion and salt with which they are brought into contact, are

re idl" and etlcctivcl T cooled.

- It will beunderstood that, while the ice chamber is being charged withice, the screen 13 is manipulated 'soas to mix the salt with all parts-of the mass of ice whlchconstitutes the producer charge, cdnsequently a supply of brine of the desired-low temperature and required degree of salinity can be main tained during the entire time that the apparatus is in operation, the fact that the brine returned from the freezer is still at a very low temperature, permitting the desired result to be attained with the expenditure of but a minimum amount of ice and salt.

Ic1a1m:-' 1. Th'e combination of a brine refrigerated. machine, an ice-charged brine pro ducer,-1neans for circulating the brine through the brine chamber of the machine,

and a .return pipe, centrally embedded in the her a salt receptacleand distributer above the same and a brine supply pipe dischargg into the'ice chamber below said salt distributer. I

3. A brine producer consisting ofia feasin g having an ice chamber. therein, a salt preceptable above said chamber, and a salt dis tributer consistingof a pair of perforated plates or screens disposed one above the. other. and movable one in respect to, the

of. the salt receptacle.

LA brine producer having an ice chamher, a brine pipe passing through said chamber and having a perforated portion within the same, and a. detachable cap applied to other, said screens constituting the bottom the end of said pipe on the outside of the ice chamber casin ,In' testimony name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

w%iereof, I havesigned my- FRANK TYSON. v v

Witnesses: C, M. CLENDENING, .WM. SIMPSON. 

